Sarah Elizabeth Fairchild
Born in Chillicothe, Ohio
Lives and works in Columbus, Ohio

Education

1998 Certification of Art Education, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio
1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Cum Laude, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio

Solo Exhibitions

2007 “Fluorescence” Ohio Art League, Curated by Margaret Newell, Columbus, Ohio
1994 Thesis Show, Beaton Hall, CCAD, Columbus, Ohio

Exhibitions

2011 Studio Visit Magazine, Spring 2011 Edition, volumes 13/14, Juror, Beth Venn, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and Senior Curator
of American Art at the Newark Museum

Manifest Gallery's First International Painting Annual,volume 1, Exhibition-in-Print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest Press

2010 Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Juror: Ron Pizzuti, Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Jurors: Annagret Nil and Tim Rietenbach
Rebecca Ibel, Miranova Gallery, Holiday Show, Columbus, Ohio

2009 New American Paintings, No.83, Juror: Lynn Warren, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
‘Here And Beyond,' Ohio Art League’s 100th Anniversary Exhibition, Margo Crutchfield, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland,
The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, August-September

2008 Roy G Biv Gallery, 12X12, Columbus, Ohio
The Ohio State Fair Fine Art Exhibitions, Jurors: Tim Portlock and Michael Ferris Jr. Columbus, Ohio
The Charles Herndon Gallery, Summer Show, Cleveland, Ohio

2006 Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Juror: Melissa Meyer, Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Jurors: Katherine Veneman and Brian Alloway

2005 Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Juror: Joe Houston, Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio
Camelot Cellars, Columbus, Ohio

2003 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Jurors: Susan Fisher Sterling and Randi Chevitz, Columbus, Ohio
Charles Herndon Gallery, Kelley’s Island, Ohio
A Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2002 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Jurors: Kim Cridler and Michelle Weinberg, Columbus, Ohio
Surfacing: an Exploration of Contemporary Still Life, Dublin, Ohio

1996 Art and Architecture, New Albany, Ohio
A Room of Her Own: The Gallery for Women Artists; Inner Still life, Columbus, Ohio

1995 Roy G Biv Gallery, Works by Lee Hervey and Sarah Fairchild, Columbus, Ohio
The Columbus Art League, Function Factory Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

1994 The Columbus Art League, Fall Juried Exhibition, Juror: Bonnie Kelm, Upper Arlington, Ohio
Roy G Biv Gallery, Works by Sarah Fairchild and Catherine Bird

Awards

2010 Selected Artist: Greater Columbus Arts Council, Community Arts Partnership Purchase Award
2010 People's Choice Award, The Ohio State Fair
2010 Honorable Mention, Spring Juried Exhibition, Ohio Art League, Juror: Ron Pizzuti
1995 Vorys, Sater, Seymore and Pease Award, The Columbus Art League, Spring Juried Exhibition
1994 Fine Arts Scholarship, CCAD
1993 Awards Day Scholarship, CCAD
1994 Jerome Keyser Memorial Scholarship, CCAD

Teaching

Gahanna Lincoln High School, Art Instructor, Gahanna, Ohio 1999-present
Columbus College of Art and Design, Continuing Education Instructor 2002-2007

Selected Bibliography

‘2007 The Year In Review, Best Visual – Arts Events,’ The Columbus Dispatch, Sunday, December 23, 2007
Yates, Chris. ‘Complex effects hide in simple shapes,’ The Columbus Dispatch, October 15, 2007
Yates, Chris. ‘Media, messages run gamut at yearly show,’ The Columbus Dispatch, Sunday August 11, 2002
Heisler, Eva. ‘Installation invites investigation,’ The Columbus Dispatch, Sunday October 15, 1995
Hummer, Tracey. ‘Artists, galleries saw a year of passages, progress,’ Best Exhibits – Catherine Bird and Sarah Fairchild
The Columbus Dispatch, Sunday, January 1, 1995
Hummer, Tracey. ‘Exhibit plays with color, shape,’ The Columbus Dispatch, Thursday, May 26, 1994

Affiliations

Co-Chair, 100th Anniversary, The Ohio Art League, 2009
President, The Ohio Art League, January 2004-2006
Vice President, The Ohio Art League, January 2001-2003
Board of Trustees, The Ohio Art League, 1994-2007

Public Collections

Hilton Polaris, Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Public Library, Whetstone Branch, Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Public Library, Gahanna Branch, Gahanna, Ohio